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I was refering to multi-region for DVD, not BD. You can remote hack some players to be multi-region for the DVD side of things and regional coding with BD isn't as much of a headache as DVD because the majority of titles aren't region locked (it's mainly Fox and Lionsgate who lock their titles).

hmmm sorry the initial ism faux pas. Someone told me that the locking on BD was chip related over software and so the standard use of remote control key entry for unlocking was not possible. Is this not the case and if so is there a listing anywhere of unlocks per model

They do, although the vast majority of them are region free. The pricks who ruin it for everyone else tend to be Fox and Lionsgate (plus any labels that come under them). There are three Blu-ray regions: A, B and C. We live in region B, but the way the regions are divided is different to DVD (Japan is A so we can't play their region locked discs, where on DVD it's 2 so you could play stuff).

You can get multi-region machines, but they cost more and I'm not entirely sure how future proof they are against BD+ etc. A quick Google search reveals that Multi Region Magic are claiming to provide multi-region Panasonic BD players starting at £269 for last year's model. This year's are £349 and £469 respectively. Compare that to around £170 for the Sony BDP-S350, which is a fairly decent entry-level player, albeit region B only.

About to step into the wonderful world of Blu-Ray and was wondering if you good people can enlighten me as to if Blu-ray discs have region locking just like DVDs. If so - is it possible to have a multi-region player like the good ole dvds?